Transcript Not a Blank Title Slide - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Eternity, Creation, Light,
Announcements, Confession, Belief,
Testimony, Salvation, New Life,
Perfection, Dorm Life, Friendships
MQPs, and falling flat on your face
(gracefully).
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Last Week
Why Are
You Here?
(And not in heaven)
How can you
glorify God?
Obedience
This Week
Why Should
I…
Obey?
Who Is
Jesus?
John 1
He is Eternal
I am Mortal
• John 1:1 “In [the] beginning
was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and
the Word was God.”
• Romans 5:12b “and so
death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned”
New Way:
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.”
He is the Creator
I am Created
• John 1:3 “All things were
made by him; and without
him was not any thing made
that was made.”
• Gen 1:27 “So God created
man in his own image, in
the image of God created
he him; male and female
created he them.”
New Way:
2Co 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new.”
He is the Light
I am in Darkness
• John 1:4 “In him was life;
and the life was the light of
men”
• Rom 6:23 “For the wages of
sin is death;”
• Job 12:24 “They grope in
the dark without light, and
he maketh them to stagger
like a drunken man.”
New Way:
Mat 5:16 “Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
John 3:16
• John 3:16-20 “For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God
sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved. He
that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come
into the world, and men loved darkness rather than
light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that
doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light,
lest his deeds should be reproved.”
He is Announced
• John 1:6-7 “There was a
man sent from God whose
name was John. The same
came for a witness, to bear
witness of the Light…”
• John 1:10 “He was in the
world, and the world was
made by him, and the
world knew him not.”
• John 1:11 “He came unto
his own, and his own
received him not.”
• Eternal God
• Creator
• Light
Who Christ is and What He Did:
• Philippians 2:6-11 “Who, being in the form of
God, thought it not robbery to be equal with
God; But made himself of no reputation, and
took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men: And being found
in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and
became obedient unto death, even the death
of the cross.”
• “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every
name: That at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of things in heaven, and things in
earth, and things under the earth; And that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Do You Hear?
• Rev 13:8-9 And all that
dwell upon the earth shall
worship him, whose names
are not written in the book
of life of the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the
world. If any man have an
ear, let him hear.
Confess
CONFESS', v.t.[L., to own or acknowledge.]
1. To own, acknowledge or avow, as a crime, a
fault, a charge, a debt, or something that is
against one's interest, or reputation.
Confession
• 1 John 1:8-9 “If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness”
Believe
BELIE'VE, v.i.
1. To have a firm persuasion of any thing. In
some cases, to have full persuasion,
approaching to certainty
To believe on, is to trust, to place full
confidence in, to rest upon with faith.
Believe
• Hebrews 11:1,6 “Now faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen.” “But without faith it is impossible to
please him: for he that cometh to God must
believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of
them that diligently seek him.”
Testify
Testify
TEST'IFY, v.i. [L. testificor; testis and facio.]
1. To make a solemn declaration, verbal or
written, to establish some fact; to give
testimony for the purpose of communicating
to others a knowledge of something not
known to them.
Testify
• Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God has raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Back to John 1
He is the Giver of New Life
I am Given a Gift
• John 1:12-13 “But as many
as received him, to them
gave he power to become
the sons of God, even to
them that believe on his
name: Which were born,
not of blood, nor of the will
of the flesh, nor of the will
of man, but of God.”
• Rom 6:23 “For the wages of
sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Now What???
Glorify God!
Obedience
Practically:
• Read the Bible!
Attributes in John 1
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Perfect
Preferred
Fulfiller of the Law
Sanctified
Leader
Master
The Christ
Fulfiller of Prophesy
Omnipresent
King
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Practically:
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Read the Bible!
Grow a serious prayer relationship
Find someone to challenge you
Find someone to challenge
Connect with the Body of Christ
– By following the Head!
• Spread the Gospel
Four Years – Four Lessons
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Make a Stand
Make Relationships
Take Ownership
Step Out in Faith
Make A Stand
• Mat 5:14 “Ye are the light of the world. A city
that is set on an hill cannot be hid. “
• Mat 5:15 “Neither do men light a candle, and
put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick;
and it giveth light unto all that are in the
house.”
Make Relationships
• Philippians 2:19-21 “But I trust in the Lord
Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you,
that I also may be of good comfort, when I
know your state. For I have no man
likeminded, who will naturally care for your
state. For all seek their own, not the things
which are Jesus Christ's.”
Take Ownership
• Philippians 3:14 “I press towards the mark for
the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus.”
Step Out In Faith
• Genesis 39:2 “And the LORD was with Joseph,
and he was a prosperous man;”
• Genesis 39:21 “But the LORD was with
Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him
favour in the sight of the keeper of the
prison.”
Four Years – Four Lessons
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Make a Stand
Make Relationships
Take Ownership
Step Out in Faith
One Savior
He is a Perfect Man
I am a Failed Man
• John 1:14 “And the Word
• Rom 3:23 “For all have
was made flesh, and dwelt
sinned, and come short of
among us, (and we beheld
the glory of God;”
his glory, the glory as of the
only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and
truth. John bare witness of
him, and cried, saying, This
was he of whom I spake, He
that cometh after me is
preferred before me: for he
was before me. And of his
fulness have all we
received, and grace for
grace. 1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth
corruption inherit incorruption.